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$5,000 Sign-on Bonus Offered To New Highland County Teachers
Michael Folks | July 27, 2025 | News
Highland County School officials are looking for a few good teachers, so they now are offering a one-time $5,000 sign-on bonus to qualified licensed applicants to come on board. During its July 10th monthly meeting, the Highland County School board voted 3 to 0 to offer the bonus, which requires new hires to agree to…
WV Department of Human Services Announces Emergency Energy Assistance Program
Tim Walker | July 24, 2025 | News
Applications for the Emergency Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) are being accepted from Monday, July 28 through Friday, August 8, 2025, or until funds are exhausted.
Tourism with Intention: Rockbridge County Looks to the Future
Danny Cardwell | July 24, 2025 | News
How do you grow tourism without losing the heart of what makes a place feel like home? I sat down with Sheryl Wagner, Executive Director of Lexington & Rockbridge Area Tourism, to talk about a new strategic planning effort that could shape the next 5 years of tourism in Lexington, Buena Vista, and Rockbridge…
Power, Policy, and the Price of Progress – Part Three: When the Bill Comes Due
Danny Cardwell | July 24, 2025 | News
Power Policy and the Price of Progress: When the Bill Comes DueAs AI continues to reshape our economy, a quieter but critical challenge is building in the background: energy. In the final installment of our investigative series Power, Policy, and the Price of Progress, we confront the rising tension between digital expansion and energy…
Power, Policy, and the Price of Progress – Part Two: The Energy Equation
Danny Cardwell | July 21, 2025 | News
Part 2 of the investigative series: Power, Policy, and the Price of Progress In this second installment, we shift focus from the political momentum that launched Virginia’s data center boom to the invisible toll it’s beginning to take on our electric grid. With AI systems like ChatGPT pushing data demand to new heights, utility providers…
Music Feeds Us: Chamber Music with a Mission
Danny Cardwell | July 21, 2025 | News
Fitz Gary has performed on some of the world’s greatest stages—Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Royal Albert Hall. But perhaps his most powerful work began right here in Virginia, using chamber music to combat hunger. Back in 2012, Fitz launched Music Feeds Us—a concert series designed to fight food insecurity one performance at a time….
Pocahontas Solid Waste Authority Offered Possible Option
Tim Walker | July 17, 2025 | News
Meck believes his proposal will enable the SWA to continue trash disposal at as low a cost as possible, although, once again, he said without a local landfill, those costs will have to be significantly higher with whatever the SWA decides to do.
Power, Policy, and the Price of Progress – Part One: How Did We Get Here?
Danny Cardwell | July 17, 2025 | News
🔌 How did Virginia become the world’s data center capital—and what does that mean for the Allegheny Highlands? In Part One of our new follow-up series, Power, Policy, and the Price of Progress, we trace the political decisions and industry trends that opened the floodgates for data center development across the Commonwealth. This isn’t just…
Pocahontas Commission Approves Contractor Bid for Broadband Project
Tim Walker | July 16, 2025 | News
The commissioners then awarded the bid to the lowest bidder, Quanta,
Progress in the ARC Pocahontas Broadband Project
Tim Walker | July 10, 2025 | News
Mike Holstine added that things will likely happen quickly once the commission approves the construction contract.